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Oct 2026
Physical exercise and depressive symptoms among rural older adults in China: a cross-sectional study of serial correlational linkages via health anxiety and self-efficacy
Higher physical exercise levels correlated significantly with milder depressive symptoms in this cross-sectional sample of rural Chinese older adults, and health anxiety occupied the most prominent position within the observed network of inter-variable correlations.
Jian Jiao, Xian-Zhong Chen
· Frontiers in Psychology · 0 citations